{"product_id":"values-and-the-environment-9780471960478","title":"Values and the Environment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is not only green thinkers who value the environment. Decisions on how to respond to global environmental change, energy policy or where to site a new road are all informed by values. People bring very different sets of values to the understanding of environmental issues depending on whether they come from developed or developing countries, are applying an expert or lay person judgment, are making policy decisions from a distance or are directly affected at their local level. This book examines the multitude of ways in which we value the environment from a social science perspective. This is a multidisciplinary collection with contributions from academics with backgrounds in philosophy, sociology, psychology, economics, geography, law and engineering. The book is divided into four sections: the first addresses fundamental theoretical and conceptual issues; the second explores the methodological problems of uncovering people s values; the third looks at some of the policy dilemmas wh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePartial table of contents:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e DEBATES AND ISSUES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Values and Global Environmental Change (M. Redclift).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Green Thought in a Green Shade: A Critique of the Rationalisationof Environmental Values (M. Smith).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e European Values and Social Psychology: A European Common Market orCommon's Dilemma?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (J. Chase \u0026amp; I. Panagopoulos).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e POLICY DILEMMAS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Environmental Priorities in Different Development Situations:Electricity, Environment and Development (P. Pearson).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Expert and Layperson Evaluation of Urban Environmental Quality: The\"Natural\" Versus the \"Built\" Environment (M. Bonnes \u0026amp; M.Bonaiuto).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Questioning Values in Environmental Education (D. Uzzell, etal.).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e World Views and Environmental Action: A Practical Exercise (M.Haigh).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Indexes.","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402694173015,"sku":"9780471960478","price":290.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471960478.jpg?v=1730481259","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/values-and-the-environment-9780471960478","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}